[PATCH] thermal: Constify struct thermal_zone_device_ops

Daniel Lezcano daniel.lezcano at linaro.org
Tue Jul 15 06:26:27 PDT 2025


On Sun, May 25, 2025 at 11:40:04AM +0200, Christophe JAILLET wrote:
> 'struct thermal_zone_device_ops' are not modified in these drivers.
> 
> Constifying these structures moves some data to a read-only section, so
> increases overall security, especially when the structure holds some
> function pointers.
> 
> On a x86_64, with allmodconfig, as an example:
> Before:
> ======
>    text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
>   28116	   5168	    128	  33412	   8284	drivers/thermal/armada_thermal.o
> 
> After:
> =====
>    text	   data	    bss	    dec	    hex	filename
>   28244	   5040	    128	  33412	   8284	drivers/thermal/armada_thermal.o
> 
> Signed-off-by: Christophe JAILLET <christophe.jaillet at wanadoo.fr>
> ---
> Compile tested only
> ---

Applied, thanks

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